1) the / partition is not large enough: it needs to be 2.2GB at least for VL5.8 Standard (I am assuming you are installing VLstandard?).2) a faulty hard disk3) bad memory chip4) something else wrong with your partitioning.

Go back into the installer, on the second screen choose "Exit (bailout to the shell)". Type "fdisk -l" and post the results of that to this thread and perhaps we can help you. Also watch the kernel messages at the beginning of the install - watch for any possible error messages associated with your hard drive (hda).

EDIT!!!: The other thing is it could be just your BIOS blanking out your screen, depending on how your ACPI is set up in BIOS. Press the Shift key when your screen goes black. Does that help?

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